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Marnie

Marnie character artwork
Rival and Team Yell’s favourite challenger · Spikemuth / Wyndon

Marnie enters the Gym Challenge with support from Team Yell and her home town, Spikemuth.

  • Story: She competes in the first Champion Cup semifinals before the player faces Hop.
  • In the game: Her semifinal team uses several Dark-type Pokémon and a Gigantamax Grimmsnarl. Check secondary types before relying on a single attack.

Story spoilers.

Pokémon Sword / Shield · Nintendo Switch · 2019 · Original Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield for Nintendo Switch (2019). Version-exclusive Gyms and starter-dependent teams are labelled. · Picture: Marnie: original Pokémon Sword and Shield character artwork.

Sword and Shield battle teams

Open searchable Champion Cup ↗

Marnie Sword and Shield artwork

Marnie

Wyndon Stadium

Sword and Shield

Dark

The first Champion Cup semifinal. Marnie Gigantamaxes Grimmsnarl.

Bring Fairy coverage for Scrafty and Steel or Poison coverage for Grimmsnarl. Toxicroak’s Poison typing stops Fairy from being a universal answer.

Champion Cup semifinal · Marnie5 Pokémon

Liepard

Liepard

Lv. 47
Dark
  • Fake Out
  • Torment
  • Nasty Plot
  • Snarl
Toxicroak

Toxicroak

Lv. 47
PoisonFighting
  • Venoshock
  • Sucker Punch
  • Swagger
  • Toxic
Scrafty

Scrafty

Lv. 47
DarkFighting
  • Swagger
  • Scary Face
  • Brick Break
  • Crunch
Morpeko

Morpeko

Lv. 48
ElectricDark
  • Bullet Seed
  • Torment
  • Spark
  • Bite
Grimmsnarl

Grimmsnarl

Lv. 49Ace
DarkFairy

Gigantamax

  • Spirit Break
  • Darkest Lariat
  • Bulk Up
  • Torment

← All Pokémon Sword / Shield characters

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